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Show PRESIDENT SENDS FOR SENATORS TO DISCUSS PLANS WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Five Democratic Demo-cratic leaders of the senate, three of them members of the foreign relations committee, commit-tee, had a long conference with President Presi-dent Wilson at the White House tonight. Afterward all of them refused flatly to talk. Tn the conference were Chairman Stone and Senators Pomerene and Sauisbury of the foreign relations committee and Senators Walsh end Hoke Smith. The president is much interested In the efforts of Senator Cummins and other Republicans Re-publicans to force an open debate on his peace address, and in some quarters it was believed that it was in this connection connec-tion that the senators were called to the White House. It is understood the subject was discussed dis-cussed only generally , and that no attempt at-tempt was "made to agree upon any plan of action. The legislative programme was talked over and Cue president is said to have urged the importance of passing water-power water-power legislation before the end of the session. There have been suggestions that in order to prevent interference with legislation legis-lation by daily discussions of the Cummins Cum-mins resolution, which would set aside next week for the debate, the administration adminis-tration might favor either fixing a limited time for the debate now, or an agreement to postpone it until the senate holds its extra session after the 4th of March. |